More than half of the farmers who responded to No-Till Farmer’s 2023 No-Till Operational Practices Survey used a biological product in 2021 — the highest number ever reported on the annual survey.

Dave Franzen, soils specialist at North Dakota State University Extension, talks about historic soil losses in the Great Plains, the losses still being seen today, and conservation efforts in place today to help prevent erosion. including tree rows as windbreaks and conservation tillage methods are used across the state to prevent erosion.

Long-term no-tillers, those who have employed the process for more than five years, have learned that they can get by with significantly less nitrogen.